It was a childs face this time!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-21923218

Is there a proven safety record with regard to the corners on square/rectangular flapjacks hitting children in the face? I’d love to see the evidence.

It’s health and safety gone mad, etc.

woah, drac’s fainted from shock(ah)

surely you’re more likely to get hit by a corner when a four sided flapjack is thrown than a three sided one?

Ban Toblerone instead – damaged me for life, triangular chocolate is a sick idea.

So they haven’t banned flapjacks in the shape of ninja throwing stars? Seems an obvious loophole.

Next time I make some for mini aracer to take into school I shall cut them into ninja star shapes. If you’re going to throw them you might as well do it right.

Me too, i can put on 2 lbs just by looking at a Toblerone

This is what happens when children are allowed to eat their school dinners without wearing googles and hard hats.

maybe it’s cover for the fact that in essex triangles are too complicated

edit: working took too long to post.

its nanny state ect ect,,, getting boring now

wouldn’t it be better to ban ‘throwing flapjacks’ or indeed ‘throwing stuff at people’ rather than start an ever escalating geometric ban list, otherwise those pesky kids will be demanding rhombic flapjacks before long and they’re a menace of acute angled danger!

Does this apply to sandwiches too?

If you follow the How to cook flapjacks link on that page, it clearly says “Flapjacks are chewy biscuits made from rolled oats, golden syrup or honey, fat (usually butter) and sugar. They’re baked in a flat tin and cut into squares or rectangles while still warm.”

Rules are there for everyone’s safety. This unfortunate incident is what happens when you disregard them.

Does this apply to sandwiches too?

only stale ones…ninja throwing sandwiches are the only ranged defence against an enemy armed with week old baguettes…

wouldn’t it be better to ban ‘throwing flapjacks’ or indeed ‘throwing stuff at people’

This man should be Prime Minister

steady there amedias – nobody’s talking stale baguettes here. It’s just a bit of fun. Let it go; he’s not worth it

*checks crusty baps*

crusty baps

Didn’t she used to do the cookery on TV am?

nobody’s talking stale baguettes here

not yet they’re not… but mark my words, this will escalate….

today its flapjacks and sandwiches, tomorrow its a baguette, before you know it they’ll be sharpened potatoes and blood will be spilled…

wwaswas – Member
crusty baps
Didn’t she used to do the cookery on TV am?

You taking the piss out of my eczema ? 👿

Just make them circular. No corners to hurt the poor wee kiddies. At least in Euclidian geometry.

sharpened potatoes

“Look Out! He’s got a brocolli florette and he’s not afraid to use it!”

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You taking the piss out of my eczema

just scratching the surface, really.

they’ll revert back due the cost… you get twice as much as a rectangle.

Surely any ninja looking for optimal range and damage would be using ryvita crackers?

Shudders in fear at a future ripe with weaponised vegetables….

Oh Jesus, it’s going to end up all durian and starfruit in the ghettos

there’s no-win-no-fee gold in them there hills.

Oh Jesus, it’s going to end up all durian and starfruit in the ghettos

And it’ll be a nightmare at airports if the metal detectors can’t tell when they’re packing wheat…

Oh Jesus, it’s going to end up all durian and starfruit in the ghettos

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piWCBOsJr-w[/video]

What a pointless ban.

Maybe the kid who got hit was gluten intolerant?

Maybe the kid who got hit was gluten intolerant?

Why does gluten in that context sound like a swear word out of a Just William book?

“How did little Johnny react to being hit in the face with a Flapjack William?”

“I’d say he was gluten intolerant of it!”

From the Independents coverage of the story;

Famously, Education Secretary, Michael Gove, was stopped from taking flapjacks – given to him by his wife – into a cabinet meeting in 2011.

He was detained by security at the time and told the flapjacks were a security risk and would not be allowed in the cabinet room.

So there you have it, food based health and safety hysteria extends to the heart of government.

Make them boomerang shaped then the thrower has the risk that if they miss it might come back and hit them. That’ll make them think twice.

Oh Jesus, it’s going to end up all durian and starfruit in the ghettos

I’ll have you know that Durian and Starfruit are fine, upstanding children and their mummy and daddy wouldn’t dream of letting them ever going to the ghetto, Esher high street is the limit.

Famously

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before you know it they’ll be sharpened potatoes

Chips?

Oh Jesus, it’s going to end up all durian and starfruit in the ghettos

Durian =